Police said it appeared the truck had turned on its side after the load shifted.

Firefighters freed the man, who was taken by Cohasset paramedics to South Shore Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, Quigley said.

“He had some traumatic injuries, but nothing life-threatening,” he said.

Quigley said the truck, owned by P.A. Landers, Inc. of Hanover, was working at the construction site of the housing development Cohasset Estates. Toll Brothers, a national housing developer, is building 41 homes there.

Police and fire were still on scene as of 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, as crews worked to get the truck back upright. Quigley said a heavy-duty wrecker was needed due to the size of the dump truck.

The truck also took down some power lines when it fell, Quigley said, so National Grid was also on scene.

Quigley said the Occupational Safety and Health Administration was also notified, but it declined an investigation.

The exact cause of the accident was still under investigation Tuesday afternoon.

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